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In this episode of the podcast, Jason and Mike talk about the upcoming Jordan documentary, the NBA taking notes from China's failed attempt at starting back up and what that may mean for the rest of the major sports organizations. Jason and Mike then talk about their five favorite players, both current and past, to watch in the NBA. Finally, they discuss their five most memorable sporting events t...

Coach Don Showalter is a 10-time USA Basketball gold medalist while serving as head coach of the USA men's U16 and U17 national teams from 2009-2018. In May of 2016, he was hired as a coach director for USA Basketball’s youth division. A high school coach for 42 years and a nine-time USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year award winner, Coach Showalter owns a perfect 62-0 record at the helm...

Bentonville West (AR) Boys’ Varsity Head Coach Greg White jumps on the pod with Mike and Jason for the fifth edition of “4 Quarters with Greg White”. In “4 Quarters” we will discuss four issues in the game of basketball that we believe are important for coaches and players! This episode features: First Quarter: The dangers of being a 24/7 coach. Second Quarter: Why coaches should update their resu...

On this two part episode Mike & Jason are joined in part one by Tyler Whitcomb from West Michigan Aviation Academy and Samario Clancy from E3 Hoops Analytics to discuss their upcoming partnership that will provide advanced statistical analysis, video breakdowns, and scouting reports customized for high school coaches beginning this coming season. In part two Mike and Jason discuss the postpone...

Todd Wolfson is the Boys’ Head Varsity Basketball Coach at St. Francis High School in California. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley as a three year varsity player at El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, Todd always knew he wanted to become a high school coach. Wolfson attended UC Santa Barbara where he studied communications and his focus switched from playing to coaching. Wolfson beg...

Anthony Pugh is the founder of Clockwork Athletics. The game of basketball has been Anthony’s passion since the day he was born. He grew up a coach’s son and was in the gym constantly. He attended McDonald High School in Ohio and played varsity basketball for 4 years. During his 4 year career at McDonald, Anthony scored 1,000+ career points, accounted for 300+ career assists and is currently still...

In this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on their daily lives before discussing what options the NBA has to finish (or not finish) the season. Mike and Jason then discuss their NCAA bracket challenge, that they are running... choose your Final Four teams and a champion based on the bracket that was made up here: https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2020/3/16/21181...

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month. March’s Round Table question is: How do you measure your success as a coach? Our Coaching Lineup this...

Mason Waters is currently the assistant boys’ varsity coach at South Forsyth High School in Georgia. Last season Mason was at NCAA D2 Flagler College as a men’s assistant. The year before that he was a JV boys coach at West Forsyth High School during his senior year of college. Waters started reading John Wooden books when he was 9 and became fascinated by Coach Wooden. He has always wanted to coa...

In this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the NBA season being suspended due to COVID-19 and the implications it will have for the future. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of the podcast, Mike and Jason talk about the impact the coronavirus is possibly going to play in the remainder of the season and how bizarre it would be for the arena to have no fans. They also discuss Atkinson being fired, Bickerstaff getting a long term deal, the Lakers great weekend, and the possible implications that it could have on the MVP and playoff races. Hosted by Simple...

Matt Smith just completed his third season as the Head Boys’ Varsity Basketball Coach at Gordon Lee High School in Chickamauga, Georgia. He is also the Founder and Director of United Basketball Clinics. Matt has 19 years of coaching experience including 13 as a head varsity coach for both boys and girls. Smith’s coaching career started as a student assistant coach while attending Toccoa Falls Coll...

Xavier Brown is a Performance Specialist who specializes in basketball and volleyball sports performance. Originally going to school for a career in the medical field, after reading Tim Grover’s Relentless, Xavier’s curiosity and love for basketball pushed him to dive into strength and conditioning in 2015. While not initially having a background in exercise science or any fitness experience outsi...

In this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the Nets/Celtics game from Tuesday night, the Spike Lee controversy in MSG, the Bucks chances to get to 70 wins, the 538 predictions for the leading playoff contenders, and more! Mike and Jason then shift their focus to the five teams that they are most excited to watch right now which eventually turns into a Karl Malone deep dive. Hosted by Simplecast, an A...

Kyle Hines has written the blueprint on how to have a successful international basketball career. He is a three-time EuroLeague Champion and a four-time VTB United League Champion. His individual accomplishments include being only one of four players in EuroLeague history to have reached six consecutive Euroleague Final Fours. Kyle was also named the 2016 Euroleague Best Defenders and the 2016 VTB...

Adam Gordon is the Co-Founder & CEO of Rising Coaches, a membership based community for coaches that connects, develops and facilitates career advancement for its members. Gordon previously spent 16 years working in college basketball serving in various roles at the High Major D1, DII, and JUCO levels. In 2019 Adam stepped away from coaching to put all his focus on building Rising Coaches. Gor...

In this episode of the podcast, Mike and Jason recap the Bucks/Raptors game before turning their attention to the other story lines in the East including Embiid's big game and the Simmons injury, the Cavs' coaching change, among other things. They then turn their attention to the West to talk about the Lakers continued dominance, the Pelicans surging up the standings, and more! Mike and Jason fini...

Founded in 1966, Five-Star Basketball Camp was the brainchild of two New York City basketball junkies, Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein, who shared a singular passion and purpose: Creating a top-notch teaching camp to help kids improve their games. Fate has been good to Five-Star. Future Hall of Famers, Hubie Brown and Chuck Daly, taught and lectured at that very first session. Bob Knight invented...

Ric Blevins is the Boys’ Varsity Basketball Coach at Woodridge High School in Peninsula, Ohio. Prior to taking the head job at Woodridge in 2013 Ric was an assistant coach at both Cuyahoga Falls and Warren Howland High Schools. A 1985 graduate of Cortland Maplewood High School in Ohio, Blevins played his college basketball at the University of Rhode Island for two seasons before transferring to Ke...

In this episode of the podcast, Mike and Jason discuss all the happenings of All-Star Weekend and offer solutions to fix some of the problems of All-Star Saturday night. They discuss the All Star game and how competitive and exciting the new format actually was. Mike and Jason then dive into some second half story lines they are looking at including the John Beilein debacle, the playoff races, the...

Welcome to the fourteenth edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month. February’s Round Table question is: What is one word or phrase that you hope former players use to de...

Justin Brantley is the Ohio & Midwest Recruiting Coordinator for the All Ohio Basketball Program that competes on the Nike EYBL Circuit and the Executive Recruiting and Basketball Operations Consultant for KOA Prep in Bethesda, Maryland. Justin has spent the last decade cultivating, developing and marketing student athletes, athletic programs and corporations of all sizes. Justin served as the...

In this episode of the podcast, Mike and Jason talk about Zion scoring 31 points, the bottom of the west, Toronto continuing their tremendous run, the Embiid drama, and how many wins they think the Bucks can legitimately get to. They then turn their focus to choosing the top player from each team and then ranking them by how confident Mike and Jason are that they will help lead their team to victo...

Vance Downs is the Boys’ Head Varsity Basketball Coach at Ames High School in Iowa. Vance has been the coach at Ames since 2004 and has compiled a career record of 233-116. He is the all-time leader in wins at Ames High and won back to back state championships in 2009 and 2010. Those two teams went undefeated and featured current NBA players Harrison Barnes and Doug McDermott. Ames finished the 20...

In this episode, Mike and Jason discuss all of the big trades from the NBA trade deadline. Drummond to the Cavs! Russell and Wiggins swap! Rockets going real small! The Heat making a move! Waiters literally sent to an island! After discussing the trades, Mike and Jason talk about the All-Star draft and how their teams compare to the teams picked by Giannis and LeBron! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsW...